cendal

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Galician

Etymology

Unknown:[1] from Old Galician and Old Galician-Portuguese çendal (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from the same origin that Old French cendal; perhaps from Latin sindon (muslin).

Pronunciation

Noun

cendal m (plural cendais)

  1. (historical) sendal (a light silk cloth)
    • 1361, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Vigo: Galaxia., page 92
      Iten, mando vender a miña cóffea do çendal e hua maça d'açeyro et se meta en missas por miña alma
      Item, I order that they should sell my sendal coif and a steel mace, to be put in masses for my soul
  2. (regional) sieve

References


Spanish

Noun

cendal m (plural cendales)

  1. sendal